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‘I Made It Right and They Are Breaking It for No Reason’ — One of the Key Members of the Original Halo Dev Team Doesn’t Sound Thrilled With Microsoft’s Halo: Campaign Evolved

Microsoft has finally unveiled Halo: Campaign Evolved, a remake of the campaign portion of Bungie’s beloved Halo: Combat Evolved. Halo fans have spent most of the weekend debating the changes Halo Studios has made for this upcoming 2026 shooter, from the addition of sprint to the more pristine art style ...
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Boo! Mario Halloween Switch Online Icons Arriving This Week

Get 'em while you can.We're officially in the spooky season, and apart from an eShop sale, it appears Nintendo will also be offering some Halloween icons.These icons will be made available between 28th October and 4th November, and you'll need to have a Switch Online membership to redeem them. As ...
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The Best Deals Today: Metal Gear Solid Delta: Snake Eater, NBA 2K26, and More

We've rounded up the best deals for Saturday, October 25, below, so don't miss out on these limited-time offers.Save $10 Off Metal Gear Solid Delta: Snake EaterMetal Gear Solid Delta: Snake Eater was one of 2025's most anticipated games for many, as it marks a major return to the MGS ...
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Opinion: One Year On, Every Positive ‘Pokémon TCG Pocket’ Update Still Comes With A Catch

A flip-flopping Magikarp.About a year ago, I reviewed Pokémon Trading Card Game Pocket here at Nintendo Life, awarding it a respectable 7/10, largely because collecting ‘mons from that initial set of packs felt kinetic and exciting.Sure, there was far too much monetisation in the form of multiple different currencies, and ...
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‘They Complained, Then Left With the Best Exclusivity Deal of All Time’ – The Story of PS2’s Blockbuster GTA Deal

Pints of beer after work in a cosy London pub. A glass of wine in the evening at a villa in the Sunset Marquis hotel, West Hollywood. A phone call in the dark outside a Chinese restaurant in Windsor, England.These three disparate scenes, all more than 5,000 miles from Sony's ...
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Poll: Box Art Brawl – Duel: Metroid Prime 2: Echoes

Interest-Ing.Hello hello, and welcome to another edition of Box Art Brawl!Last time, we looked at Hey You, Pikachu! for the N64, and although neither version was particularly popular, it was the North American version that won the day with 61% of the vote.Read the full article on nintendolife.com ...
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Plants Vs. Zombies: Replanted Has Been Updated, Here Are The Full Patch Notes

Another patch is on the way.Plants vs. Zombies: Replanted launched for the Switch and Switch 2 this week, and PopCap has already rolled out some updates. These patches will be arriving on both platforms soon.First up, is Patch 1.2. Here are all the changes for this patch, including updates to ...
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Break open a dead MMO and find what goofs and horrors await in Gorgon’s Garden

MMOs are a strange facilitation of games because they are, ostensibly, dead on arrival. Not dead in the sense of "lol dead game," that exact comment you see littered in the comments of articles, videos etc. about literally any online game, no matter how popular it is. Dead in the ...
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Old School RuneScape is getting its first new skill since it launched, and so the XP grind begins anew

A thing I find a lot of joy in is the fact that despite there's technically a new, shinier, perhaps by some people's standards better version of it, Old School RuneScape is still kicking around. Before the Old School was tagged on the front end of it, RuneScape was an ...
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Nivalis catches yet another delay, this time into 2026, but it sounds like it’s for fair reasons

There are two sides to every game delay coin. On the one hand, it's a shame when you're looking forward to a thing only to have to wait even longer for said thing. On the other, there's too many damn video games these days and, oh, gods, don't we all ...
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